diff --git a/meta/classes/buildhistory.bbclass b/meta/classes/buildhistory.bbclass
index 805e976ac522a5a5080253627f240ff5529bbdf1..fbdb1d31610aaae72efe0ecfc544c34fe13ca5a0 100644
--- a/meta/classes/buildhistory.bbclass
+++ b/meta/classes/buildhistory.bbclass
@@ -258,20 +258,15 @@ python buildhistory_emit_pkghistory() {
     rcpinfo.config = sortlist(oe.utils.squashspaces(d.getVar('PACKAGECONFIG') or ""))
     write_recipehistory(rcpinfo, d)
 
-    pkgdest = d.getVar('PKGDEST')
+    bb.build.exec_func("read_subpackage_metadata", d)
+
     for pkg in packagelist:
-        pkgdata = {}
-        with open(os.path.join(pkgdata_dir, 'runtime', pkg)) as f:
-            for line in f.readlines():
-                item = line.rstrip('\n').split(': ', 1)
-                key = item[0]
-                if key.endswith('_' + pkg):
-                    key = key[:-len(pkg)-1]
-                pkgdata[key] = item[1].encode('latin-1').decode('unicode_escape')
-
-        pkge = pkgdata.get('PKGE', '0')
-        pkgv = pkgdata['PKGV']
-        pkgr = pkgdata['PKGR']
+        localdata = d.createCopy()
+        localdata.setVar('OVERRIDES', d.getVar("OVERRIDES", False) + ":" + pkg)
+
+        pkge = localdata.getVar("PKGE") or '0'
+        pkgv = localdata.getVar("PKGV")
+        pkgr = localdata.getVar("PKGR")
         #
         # Find out what the last version was
         # Make sure the version did not decrease
@@ -288,31 +283,31 @@ python buildhistory_emit_pkghistory() {
 
         pkginfo = PackageInfo(pkg)
         # Apparently the version can be different on a per-package basis (see Python)
-        pkginfo.pe = pkgdata.get('PE', '0')
-        pkginfo.pv = pkgdata['PV']
-        pkginfo.pr = pkgdata['PR']
-        pkginfo.pkg = pkgdata['PKG']
+        pkginfo.pe = localdata.getVar("PE") or '0'
+        pkginfo.pv = localdata.getVar("PV")
+        pkginfo.pr = localdata.getVar("PR")
+        pkginfo.pkg = localdata.getVar("PKG")
         pkginfo.pkge = pkge
         pkginfo.pkgv = pkgv
         pkginfo.pkgr = pkgr
-        pkginfo.rprovides = sortpkglist(oe.utils.squashspaces(pkgdata.get('RPROVIDES', "")))
-        pkginfo.rdepends = sortpkglist(oe.utils.squashspaces(pkgdata.get('RDEPENDS', "")))
-        pkginfo.rrecommends = sortpkglist(oe.utils.squashspaces(pkgdata.get('RRECOMMENDS', "")))
-        pkginfo.rsuggests = sortpkglist(oe.utils.squashspaces(pkgdata.get('RSUGGESTS', "")))
-        pkginfo.rreplaces = sortpkglist(oe.utils.squashspaces(pkgdata.get('RREPLACES', "")))
-        pkginfo.rconflicts = sortpkglist(oe.utils.squashspaces(pkgdata.get('RCONFLICTS', "")))
-        pkginfo.files = oe.utils.squashspaces(pkgdata.get('FILES', ""))
+        pkginfo.rprovides = sortpkglist(oe.utils.squashspaces(localdata.getVar("RPROVIDES") or ""))
+        pkginfo.rdepends = sortpkglist(oe.utils.squashspaces(localdata.getVar("RDEPENDS") or ""))
+        pkginfo.rrecommends = sortpkglist(oe.utils.squashspaces(localdata.getVar("RRECOMMENDS") or ""))
+        pkginfo.rsuggests = sortpkglist(oe.utils.squashspaces(localdata.getVar("RSUGGESTS") or ""))
+        pkginfo.replaces = sortpkglist(oe.utils.squashspaces(localdata.getVar("RREPLACES") or ""))
+        pkginfo.rconflicts = sortpkglist(oe.utils.squashspaces(localdata.getVar("RCONFLICTS") or ""))
+        pkginfo.files = oe.utils.squashspaces(localdata.getVar("FILES") or "")
         for filevar in pkginfo.filevars:
-            pkginfo.filevars[filevar] = pkgdata.get(filevar, "")
+            pkginfo.filevars[filevar] = localdata.getVar(filevar) or ""
 
         # Gather information about packaged files
-        val = pkgdata.get('FILES_INFO', '')
+        val = localdata.getVar('FILES_INFO') or ''
         dictval = json.loads(val)
         filelist = list(dictval.keys())
         filelist.sort()
         pkginfo.filelist = " ".join([shlex.quote(x) for x in filelist])
 
-        pkginfo.size = int(pkgdata['PKGSIZE'])
+        pkginfo.size = int(localdata.getVar('PKGSIZE') or '0')
 
         write_pkghistory(pkginfo, d)